CIPPM: Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management

‘Metall auf Metall’. The German Federal Constitutional Court rules on hip hop sampling

Posted April 10, 2017. Filed under Creative Industries, UK EU IP Policy.

Marc Mimler’s case review of the German Federal Constitutional Court’s decision on the permissibility of sampling which is widely used in hip hop and electronic music.

Invited talk at QMUL Global IP Lecture Series

Posted March 23, 2017. Filed under Emergent Technologies, Focus areas.

Professor Dinusha Mendis was an invited speaker at Queen Mary University of London on 23rd March and delivered her presentation as part of the Global IP Lecture Series. In her talk, Professor Mendis outlined the findings and conclusions from the AHRC-funded project titled ‘Going for Gold: A Legal and Empirical Case Study into 3D Scanning,… Read more » about Invited talk at QMUL Global IP Lecture Series

The Paper Print Collection: How Copyright Formalities and Historical Accidents Led to Film History

Posted March 13, 2017. Filed under Creative Industries, Cultural Heritage.

Article of Claudy Op den Kamp published in the University of Western Australia Law Review

Fully funded PhD Studentships

Posted March 9, 2017. Filed under Uncategorized.

Bournemouth University offers two fully-funded PhD research studentships to carry out research under the supervision of CIPPM Faculty. The expected starting date is September 2017. Applicants are expected to have a solid background in law, and to submit an original and thought-provoking research proposal on one of the proposed research themes. The studentship consist of a maintenance… Read more » about Fully funded PhD Studentships

Going for Gold Project: 3D Scanning and 3D Printing – An Enforcement Issue?

Posted March 1, 2017. Filed under Emergent Technologies, Focus areas.

CIPPM Co-Director, Professor Dinusha Mendis delivered an invited talk at the City Law School on 1 March 2017. In delivering the talk, Professor Mendis considered how the the growth of 3D technologies impacts on intellectual property (IP) law. Such challenges question the enforcement, object and purpose of IP laws whilst exploring the opportunities presented through… Read more » about Going for Gold Project: 3D Scanning and 3D Printing – An Enforcement Issue?

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